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CVE-2013-1690

Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properly...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
February 13, 2013
Published Date
June 26, 2013
Last Updated
February 07, 2025
Vendor
n/a
Product
n/a
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properly handle onreadystatechange events in conjunction with page reloading, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers an attempt to execute data at an unmapped memory location.

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

8.8 - HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (added 2022-03-28 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1890-1 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0982.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00011.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00010.html https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=857883 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-53.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0981.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1891-1 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00004.html http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2716 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16996 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00003.html http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2720 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=901365 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60778 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00006.html

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-03-28 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/mozilla_firefox_onreadystatechange.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:31 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

mozilla_firefox_onreadystatechange

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2013-1690